Algebra - vocabulary

Noun
Suffix: -ing

Pronunciation
/ɪm'bɛdiŋ/ listen

Meaning
The action of giving some mathematical structure in another (a subgroup in a group).

Example
The map f is an embedding in the following:

The embedding is denoted by the use of a hooked arrow.

Similar words:
embed (also imbed)                         verb              listen
embedded (also imbedded)          adjective     listen 
embeddable (also imbeddable)    adjective     listen

Etymology
First in the paper 1939 Duke Math. Jrnl. Isometric embedding of flat manifolds in Euclidian space.

Source
OED